Haley Bennett stars as Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, the woman who invented Champagne as we know it, in “Widow Clicquot.” Photo: Vertical More movies should be like “Widow Clicquot” — smart, ...

“Drop” is the kind of film that separates the real movie lover from the conditional movie lover. It is manipulative, fundamentally ridiculous, obvious, far-fetched, gut-level in its appeal and ...

Vallie Brown, director of Grants for the Arts, stands among artwork at the African American Art & Culture Complex in San Francisco. Photo: Noah Berger / Special to The Chronicle 2021 When I reported ...

Ruth Weiss in the 2019 film “ruth weiss: the beat goddess.” Photo: Melody C. Miller / "The Beat Goddess" In 1949, Ruth Weiss was like any poet of the postwar era, typing her verse in a basement ...

Muriel Leung, author of the apocalyptic but hopeful novel, “How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster.” Photo: Muriel Leung In the early days of the COVID pandemic, author Muriel Leung ...

In her sophomore novel, National Book Award finalist Julia Phillips crafts a grim fable about the giant beasts lurking within.

“These are the selfies of an SS officer,” Gronich told the Chronicle. “What does it mean to suddenly be looking at this collection? How does it change the way we tell the story?” And what will our own ...

'The Golden Girls' didn't just talk us through social issues, it reminded us that we don't have to lose ourselves as we age.

Where does the line fall between the living and the dead? How do you know when you’re awake or dreaming? Whose presence is real, and whose is merely a figment of the imagination? These are the ...

A fnnch honey bear mural on a wall on Mission Street in San Francisco. Photo: Scott Strazzante For years, you’ve seen them featured in murals, pasted on boarded storefronts, and in the windows of ...

Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs (left) and Don Johnson as fellow detective Sonny Crockett in the 1980s television police drama “Miami Vice.” Photo: Associated Press Don Johnson changed ...

The screening of the Oakland-filmed “Freaky Tales” at the Grand Lake Theatre became a star-studded event and full on celebration of the Bay Area.